Demographics
| Racial and Ethnic Composition in Puerto Rico (2010 Census) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnics | ||||
| White | 75.8% | |||
| Black or African American | 12.4% | |||
| Asian | 0.2% | |||
| Two or more races | 3.3% | |||
| American Indian | 0.5% | |||
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.1% | |||
| Other races | 7.8% | |||
| Note: Hispanic or Latino (of any race) makes up 99.0 percent of the population. | ||||
The population of Puerto Rico has been shaped by Amerindian settlement, European colonization, slavery, economic migration, and Puerto Rico's status as unincorporated territory of the United States.
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